New California employment laws for 2015 include the following: 1) Employers must provide a minimum of three days of paid sick leave per year for workers. This sick leave law applies to virtually all employers regardless of size. 2) The minimum wage was increased to $9 per hour and will increase again to $10 per hour in January 2016. Some cities like San Francisco and San Jose have even higher minimum wages. 3) Employers with more than 50 employees must provide two hours of anti-bullying and harassment training every two years for California supervisors.

1. New California
Employment
Laws for
2015
Sick Leave Law (Effective 7-1-2015)
• Employers must provide workers a
minimum of three days of paid sick leave per year.
• Virtually all California employers regardless of size
are covered under the new law. There is NO exemp-
tion for small employers.
• Employers have the option to implement workplace
policies limiting their employees’ maximum accrual
and year to year carryover of sick leave.
Minimum Wage
• $9.00 per hour
u Also applies to “tipped” employees
u $10.00 per hour effective January 2016
• California cities with higher minimum wages:
u San Francisco - $10.74
u San Jose - $10.15
Harassment Training
• Employers with > 50 employers must provide two
hours of training every two years for supervisors
located in California; new for 2015 is the added
requirement that such training must include
“anti-bullying” training.
Driver’s Licenses –
Immigration & Confidentiality Issues
• Since 2013, undocumented immigrants can apply
for driver’s licenses. CA is now issuing those licenses.
• Licenses cannot be used to establish eligibility to
work, even though they state “federal limits apply.”
• It is illegal to discriminate against employees who
present the licenses for employment purposes.
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